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Which clause of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes the objective sufficiency of an…

Clause (c) of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires intention to cause the bodily injury actually inflicted. The injury must be sufficient in the…

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Which clause of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 makes the objective sufficiency of an intended bodily injury to cause death in the ordinary course of nature an element of murder?

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Clause (c) of section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 requires intention to cause the bodily injury actually inflicted. The injury must be sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death. This is an objective test of the injury.

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Option A

Clause (a) requires intention to cause death.

Option B

Clause (b) concerns intended bodily injury that the offender knows is likely to cause the particular victim’s death.

Option C

Clause (c) combines intent to cause bodily injury with that injury’s objective sufficiency to cause death in the ordinary course of nature.

Option D

Clause (d) concerns knowledge of an imminently dangerous act and the absence of an excuse for taking that risk.

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